Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-08-04

1669-Sharp's Island, Maryland conveyed
by letters patent, by the lord proprie-
tary of the province of Maryland to
John Bateman! who, on December
3rd, Cf the same year, decided il TO
Peter Sharpe, ''in the four and four
tieth year of Cecelius, absolute lord
proprietary of the province of Mary
land and Avalon, Lord Baltimore
AS there is no authority to the con-
trary, John Bateman was probably
the first owner.
16S5-Birth of Handel, the great musi
clan, at Halle, in Saxony.
1S70-Death of Anson Burlingame, an
American diplomatist, at st. Peters
burg, Russia lie was born in New
Berlin, Chenango county, New York
on November IA, 1920.
February "a.
1S11-Birth of Col. Edward Dickinson
Baker, soldier and statesman, In Lon
don. His parents came TO America
when he was young child, and set.
tied first in Philadelphia, and after
ward 1929 in Illinois. A lawyer by
profession, he held many offices Of
honor and trust in Illinois and Cali
fornia, and at the breaking out of the
Civil War, was state senator in Ore
gon He raised body of troops in
New York and Pennsylvania, and
placing himself at the head of those
from the latter State, and known as
the First California Regiment -
after declining the appointment of
general-he fell, fighting bravely, at
Balls Bluff on the Potomac liver, on
October 81, 1861
February %.
of Albrecht WenZel
Eusebius Won Waldstein (Wallen-
sten), the great military leader, who
was born in Bohemia, on September
H. 1888 His father died on Febru
ary 24, 1895, and his mother died on
July 2, 1898.
lSS7-Death of Commodore William L.
Truxton, U. S. N, of apOplexy, at
his home in Norfolk, Va. Born in
Pennsylvania on March II, 1924, he
entered the navy in 1841 as a mid
shipman, became lieutenant in 1855,
commander in 1866 and captain in
1873. He commanded the steamer
Idc0ny at the taking of Plymouth,
n. c., on October 81, 1864, and in
both the attacks on Fort Fisher. He
was recommended for promotion by
Commander Macomb and Rear Ad-
miral Porter, for his GOODNESS and in
trepidity, and the skillful handling
of his vessel in those engagements.
He also participated In various en-
gagements with Confederate batteries
along the North Carolina coast. He
was commissioned as commander
July %, 1885, and was promoted TO
the rank of captain September 20,
1878. In 1877 he was placed in charge
of the Norfolk navy yard, ant since
being placed on the retired list resid
ed in Nor ok. He married his second
wife, Mis-, Wake, in that city, who
survives him, and leaves several chill
dren by both marriages. He was detail
ed several times on that station, and
was, at the time of his retirement,
commandant of the navy yard there.
February 26
1896 Birth of Rear Admir- | John Mars
ton in Boston, Mass. He became
midshipman on April 10, 1913; served
under Commodores Rogers, Perry,
Chancey, aud other famous officers;
saw service on the President, C0nsteLLa-
ton, Constitution, Congress, etc, was
on the BrGHdyacine when it conveyed
La Fayette back to France. He com
manded the Roanoke at Hampton
Roads when the MerrintGc came down
from Norfolk. lie also saw many
years of service at the Portsmouth
and Phi adelphia navy yards. He died
at Philadelphia on April z, 1885.
1917 Birth of Horace Burmcy Wallace
at philadelphia. He died OH De
cember IS. 1852.
February 27.
1S30-Dea'h Of Elias Hicks, preacher of
the Society of Friends, at jericho,
New York. He was born in Hemp
stead, that state ON March 10, 1748,
and in his youth manifested talent
for public speaking, becoming well
known preacher at the age of twenty.
seven For many years he labored
zealously in advancing the generally
accepted doctrines of the Friends;
bu; having, as he believed, discover
ed errors in these teDets, he advanced
views of his own, which he defenc ed
with energy and ability. To spread
his new doctrine, he travelled eaten
sively in the United States and the
British provinces, attracting large
| congregations by his oratosy. The re
suit was a schism in the body Of
| Friends. those adhering to the old
| doctrine being termed orthodox,
while the followers of Hicks were
called after him-Hicksites Preserv-
| ing his intellectual yi-or ii late in
life, visiting when eighty years OF
age, sevtral of the states. he issued
many theological writings which